In today’s society a prison is a place in which people are physically confined and usually deprived of such a wide range of personal freedoms. Basically in overall imprisonment or incarceration is a penalty that may have been imposed by the state for the crime that the individual has committed.

Before the 1800s prisons for women it was non-existent. The prisons were a combination of men, women and children all together in one room. In the 1800s women who were put into the prison were being treated just like the way the men in the prison were being treated. However the women who were in the prison basically had to endure the hard labor like cleaning, cooking, laundry and sewing. But however though they were expected to act like the way a lady should act, but in a way they were still being treated like a man. Now in today’s women prison a lot of things have changed to where women are being kept separated from the men even though in a certain state there are men and women in the same prison but in different buildings. Also prisons offer prisoners educations course for them to earn their high school GED, also a job training to make it easier for the prisoner to be able to maintain a job and a bed for them to sleep in.

The three basic arguments established in the 1800s that supported the separation of juvenile prisoners from adult prisoners would be that if the juveniles were put into the same penitentiary with the adults. Second, people would feel that that the juveniles would learn bad habits from the older inmates. Third, the adolescents may be reformed if they had been diverted early into the institution that is designed specifically for youths of their age.

In all honesty our youth has been both misguided and mislead when it comes down to making a mistake even while breaking the law. However if there were no distinction at all between the juveniles and...

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...Week 2 Checkpoint: Development of Corrections
CJS 230
In the 1800’s, there were very few women that were processed through the criminal justice system. The small amounts of women in prison were mostly prostitutes and habitual thieves in which case no one really cared about their situation or their well being. The female inmates were mixed in along with the male inmates and were not treated any differently then as the male inmates were treated. In today’s female prison system, many things have changed; Women are kept separately from the men and women needs are thought of as far more physically, emotionally, and psychologically unique then as those of men. In addition, the amount of women has increased dramatically making it “the fastest growing segment of the United States prison population (Prison Fellowship, 2011).”
In the 1800’s there were three basic arguments established that supported the separation of juvenile prisoners from adult prisoners. One argument was that the penitentiary regimen was tough on tender youth. The other basic argument was that juveniles would learn bad habits from older criminals and be embittered by the experience of confinement. The third argument was that adolescents could be reformed if they were diverted early enough into institutions designed specifically for people their age.
The youth has and still is considered misguided and poorly lead when it comes to making mistakes and...

...you maintain the house or be moved into part time or even full time in a home or retirement village. Now for the working class, doing one or multiple of these things can cost a considerable amount of money that they have had to earn over the course of their lives. Now, serial killers, murders, rapists who have been sent to prison for the rest of their natural life because of the horrendous atrocities they have been convicted of committing, get old eventually. These people have the same potential for the need of special care, expect as of 2013, for an acute care hospital bed for a prisoner it is estimated to cost tax payers an astounding $400,000 per year. Whenever money is involved the government isn't far away, “it was “baffling” that Corrections Victoria did not embrace an aged care model for housing older inmates in the prison system.” ( J May, 2013) In 2011 in Victoria the number of prison inmates over the age of 50 rose 34%. With these statistics, per day the cost of an acute care hospital bed is around $1100, which in comparison to the cost of housing an inmate in a high care aged facility which is estimated to be $156, it would seem logical to house aged inmates in these high care facilities due to it being the inexpensive option.
This is where the next negative issue with prisons comes in. The state government and the budget. The state government has almost total control over the expenditure of finances on and in prisons, as prisons don't fall...

...A felony is a serious criminal offense. It is specifically one punishable by death or by incarceration in a prison facility for more than a year. A misdemeanor is a minor violation of the criminal law, which is punishable by confinement for one year of less. Examples of felonies are murder, rape, aggravated assault, robbery, burglary, and arson. Examples of misdemeanors are petty theft, simple assault, breaking and entering, possessing burglary tools, disorderly conduct, disturbing the peace filing false report, and writing bad checks. Misdemeanors are crimes that generally are punishable for a year or less in prison, of only in a county of local jail. Felonies are crimes that a punishable by law for up to life in prison without parole.
The legislature plays a major role in a felony sentence. In 2010 President Barak Obama signed the Fair Sentencing Act (FSA) into law. This act reduced a previous in the amounts of powder cocaine and crack cocaine specified by the federal sentencing guidelines and eliminated what had been a mandatory minimum sentence under federal law for simple possession of crack cocaine (Schmalleger &amp; Smykla, p. 76, 2012). Mandatory minimum sentencing is the imposition of sentences required by statute for those convicted of a particular crime with special circumstances, such as robbery with a fire arm or selling drugs to a minor within 1,000 feet of a school, of for those with a particular type of criminal history (Schmallenger &amp; Smykla, p. 77,...

...Development of Corrections
Justin Miltenberger
CJS/230
9/16/2012
Frederick Waltz
1. What reforms did Elizabeth Fry lobby for the early 1800s? How have women’s prisons changed?
Fry had formed the ladies society that would reformate the female prisoners. To this day female prisons are a lot like the male prisons now they have increased security, more training, and special housing to deal with the ones who are violent.
2. What are the three basic arguments established in the 1800s that supported the separation of juvenile prisoners from adult prisoners? In your opinion what would happen if there were no distinction between prisons for juveniles and adults?
The three basic arguments about juveniles being separated from the adults is the penitentiary were too hard on the youth. Then the second thing is that they feared the juveniles would learn bad things from the older criminals and also be embittered by the experience of confinement. Then the third and last thing is they could be reformed if they were diverted enough into institution for people more their age. If there were not distinctions between adults and the juveniles I think that there would be a lot more children that would be getting locked back up again. I feel in a way that something bad could happen to them being as young as they are in a prison with some that may be more experienced than they are and then harming them. It is really hard to say what would happen...

...reasons.
Another identified issue is the understaffing in faculty. Faculty is ranging from prison guards, janitors, etc. With the increasing of inmates, there must be enough supervision to monitor the activity between inmates. But where is the funds going to come from to pay new staff? What can be done to increase the supervision? Increase the involvement of volunteers and community groups to provide meaningful programs for prisoners. Even where space is limited the involvement of volunteers contributes to improved morale and reduces inmate idleness. Another option we can take to alleviate the overcrowding in prison is to look into alternatives in punishment. Imprisonment is the first option people take to dish out when it comes to corrections. But what happened to the many diversion programs available? Instead of sending an offender to prison, judges can decide to give offenders an extraordinary amount of community service hours. Look at Chris Brown, who was accused of domestic violence, the artist was sentenced to five years of probation, one year of domestic violence counseling, and six months of community service. That is an effective use of the diversion program. That is punishment that does not involve imprisonment. Many persons sentenced to prison do not represent a real danger or threat to the community. The court has ordered them imprisoned because few other meaningful alternatives for punishment exist. Effective alternatives can be used to reduce...

...Correctional Facilities, ethics is commonly called a Code of Conduct or Code of Ethics.
Employees of the Georgia Department of Corrections on all levels are inherently held to a higher standard of conduct. All employees are required to follow strict work rules and standards of behavior both during work hours and non-work hours. There is no such thing as, “What I do in my off-hours is my business.”
Georgia Governor’s Executive Order dated January 13, 2003, establishes a Code of Ethics for Executive Branch Officers and Employees. Georgia Department of Corrections Standard Operating Procedures (revised December 15, 2006), incorporates this Code of Ethics which sets a minimum standard of conduct for all employees of the Department of Corrections. Correctional Facilities at all levels, such as, the Colquitt County Correctional Institute and the Colquitt County Jail must comply with these minimal standards of conduct and may have additional and or more specific standards for their staff tailored to their specific mission.
The following is a synopsis of the procedures for all Department of Corrections employees and are incorporated in both the Colquitt County Correctional Institutes and Colquitt County Jail’s Standard Operating Procedures:
1. Employees must conduct themselves in a manner which reflects credit upon themselves and the Department of Corrections while on-duty and off-duty.
2. Employees shall...

...﻿Issues of Corrections
Michelle Lynn O’Dell
CRJ303: Corrections
Gloria Ramsey
6/2/2014
Take a deeper look into corrections, it seems like a tightly held ship. Yet, the people, funding, and politics are what keep it running. From the judges who hand down the sentence, to the officers themselves who deal with the inmates on a daily basis.
Corrections were not always held in the manner they are today, it is something that shape shifted throughout the centuries. It wasn’t all rehabilitation and reform, it was more mocking in the town square, torture and death sentence. In a quote from (Ch. 2.5 Punishment in the 20th century). “In fact, investigations from the late 19th to the early 20th century consistently found excessive corporal punishment and widespread corruption in prisons across a number of states. Punishments such as hanging by the thumbs; whippings; beatings; water tortures; solitary confinement in cramped, dark dungeons; and starvation diets of bread and water were commonplace. These punishments and general prison conditions harkened back to the cruelty of the pre-prison days in medieval society.” (Stojkovia & Lovell, 2013).
The age of reform were said to be during the first two decades of the 20th century, the progressive era brought an end to corporal punishment. Classification, normalization, education and vocational training were all being used within the...